tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365304542230931817.post4464658019325119059..comments2023-08-08T12:09:37.149-04:00Comments on SFF Chat: Adult Fantasy vs. Young AdultSimchahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14730042073954228379noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365304542230931817.post-46063712535552028022010-11-19T10:29:39.362-05:002010-11-19T10:29:39.362-05:00Wow, what a fantastic post. Love the perspective o...Wow, what a fantastic post. Love the perspective of each other. I'm going to look into their YA and adult books. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365304542230931817.post-70748185806682245092010-11-19T04:27:03.848-05:002010-11-19T04:27:03.848-05:00David: That's really interesting. Though the f...David: That's really interesting. Though the fact that so many YA books these days seem to be similar makes it seem to be that not many YA authors are taking advantage of that freedom. <br /><br />Corrine: While I haven't yet read Fforde's or Deas's YA books I would highly recommend their adult ones. And Leanna Renee Hieber's ofcourse. I only invite authors to my blog if I like their books :)<br /><br />Stephanie: I'm curious to see if Fforde and Deas's method of writing YA is successful, though to be honest I'm not sure if I would be the right judge of this since I don't read a lot of YA. I had actually asked a few diff bloggers of YA books if they would be interested in participating with their thoughts on how YA and adult books really differ but I didn't hear back from any of them.<br />I also think it's interesting how non-genre YA has begun including more "adult" content with YA fantasy has remained relatively chaste.Simchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14730042073954228379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365304542230931817.post-32812994798648958272010-11-18T20:52:25.792-05:002010-11-18T20:52:25.792-05:00Fabulous post, Simcha! I was actually thinking ab...Fabulous post, Simcha! I was actually thinking about the same subject only from the readers' perspectives. I found it very interesting that both Fforde and Deas admit that they didn't write their YA novels for a YA audience - they just wrote the books they wanted to write. And I love Hieber's "gateway drug" comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365304542230931817.post-6708177243136123792010-11-18T19:37:52.471-05:002010-11-18T19:37:52.471-05:00What a great post! I loved all of the responses fr...What a great post! I loved all of the responses from these authors and will definitely be checking out both their adult and YA titles.Corrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464195462026286253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365304542230931817.post-48141346418562695972010-11-18T19:31:25.921-05:002010-11-18T19:31:25.921-05:00I agree. I write both for adults and young adults....I agree. I write both for adults and young adults. I write for myself a lot and for ideal readers. Right now YA gives a lot of freedom to the writer, because there are too many hard-wired expectations when you write for adults.<br /><br />Please visit my blog and leave a comment. Thanks!David A. Bedfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547787738605175886noreply@blogger.com